Face protector



y 5, 1938- J. E. GARING 2,

FACE PROTECTOR Filed June 17, 1937 2 She'ts-Sheet 1' Inventor A iiorneys FACE PROTECTOR Filed June 17, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor diary 0:12; v

Attorneys Patented July 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FACE PROTECTOR Jane E. Garing, Decatur, Ga.

Application June 17, 1937, Serial No. 148,791

3 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in attachments for hair driers and the like such as are used in beauty parlors, the same having as its principal object to provide 5 a protector which will protect the face of the patron from the force and heat of the air emanating from the drier.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a protector of the character stated 10 which can be easily replaced when desired.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational View of a drier showing the invention installed.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a drier with a part broken away to disclose the invention installed.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the attachment.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View through the drier and invention.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of they resilient liner.

25 Figure 6 is a perspective of one of the retainers.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents the shell of the usual hair drier which is open at its bottom so that it can he slipped over the head of the patron.

The present invention is generally referred to by numeral 6 and consists of the arcuate-shaped plate I having the upstanding flange 8 at its outer edge formed with openings 9 which register with openings ID in the shell 5. Through these openings can be inserted a securing or retaining element such as is generally referred to by numeral H in Figure 6.

It is preferable that this securing member be constructed of spring wire the same being formed to provide the arcuate leg members aa and the head portion b.

The inner edge portion of the arcuate-shaped plate I is provided with the upstanding flange I2 and over this, that is, at the forehead side thereof is disposed the resilient liner l3. This liner i3 is preferably molded so as to provide the backwardly disposed beading M at its upper edge portion for hooked engagement over the upper edge of the flange I2 and also the laterally disposed flange l5 at its lower edge for disposition under the plate 1.

Thus the forehead of the patron does not come in contact with the metal of the flange l2 but 5 bears against the liner l3 and this also serves as a packing to prevent any seepage of the hot air thereon across the face from the shell 5.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed as new is:--

invention, what 1. An attachment for hair driers consisting of a plate, a forehead conforming upstanding flange on one edge of the plate and a drier shell engaging flange at the opposite edge of the plate, H

and a resilient liner for the first-mentioned flange, said liner being removably attached to the first-mentioned flange, said liner being of L-shape in cross section and having a backwardly disposed beading at its upper edge for disposition over the free edge of the said first-mentioned flange.

2. A face protector for hair drying hoods wherein a forehead engageable flange is provided; a liner for the forehead engaging side of the flange, said liner being provided with a backwardly disposed oblique flange at its upper edge portion for engagement over the upper edge of the first mentioned flange, and an outwardly disposed fiange at its lower edge for engagement against the bottom side of the protector.

underside of the protector.

JANE E. GARING. 

